Mr. President, we run through these resolutions, and sometimes don't understand the importance of what we do to individuals. I just read about a half an hour ago one of the nicest letters I have ever received from Caroline Kennedy regarding this. When I think of Ted Kennedy, when I came to the Senate he was somebody I could never believe I would be working with. As you come into my Capitol office, as you walk in the door, I have a letter that was sent to me by President Kennedy between the time he was elected and before he was inaugurated. Ted used to come in to my office and many times he would look at that letter from his brother. He said, ``And that's his real signature.'' It was a letter to me congratulating me on establishing the first Young Democrat Club at Utah State University. And then to have this wonderful letter from Caroline. These things we do affect people and there is no better example than that nice letter I got from Caroline today regarding her father and saying thanks for doing this for my father. I further ask that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to this measure be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 2) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Con. Res.…
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